Corset-fastener.



E. GALKINS.

CORSET FASTENBR.

APPLICATION TILED MAYQ, 1913.

1,079,210. `Patermed Nov. 18, 1913.

W/NESSES INVENTOR m4 [UZ/mfr# @ALK/N5 MAM ma/vm ELIZABETH CALKINS, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

CORSET-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 'E S, 1.913.

Application filed May 9, 1913. Serial No. 766,510.

To cil 107mm it may conocen.'

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH CALKINS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Corset-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

his invention relates to corset fasteners whereby the two parts of the corset can be securely fastened in such a manner that the fasteners can be easily and quickly loosened when it is desired to open and take oil the corset.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide an improved clasp for corsets which is so designed that the hooi: portion of the clasp can be easily and quickly engaged with the eyelet and locked in closed position, the clasp being of durable and substantial design and the hook portion of the clasp being locked by a pivoted slide, which, upon being released, permits the clasp to be released so that the corset will open.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a novel arrangement of stays or steels, one being formed with openings to constitute the eyelets with which the hooks or clasps on the steel secured to the opposite end of the clasp are adapted to engage, there being a third stay or steel which lies under the eyelet and clasp-carrying stays so as to bridge the gap between them and cause the said stays to lie evenly or in the same plane, and also to prevent the under garments from interfering` with the closing of the fasteners.,

With these objects in View, and others as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises Various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particular-ity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure l is a fragmentary front view of the corset fastener' with the parts of the corsets fastened together; Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged sectional views through one of the clasps, showing the same in closed or in locked position in Fig. 2 and in open position in Fig. 3, Fig. l is a front View of the hook section of the fastener; and Fig. 5 is a front view of the eyelet portion of the fastener `with a portion of the eyelet stay broken away.

Referring to the drawing A designates the hook-carrying section of the fastener and B the eyelet section, the said sections being as long as the end et ges of the two parts of a pair of corsets, so as to be fastened to such parts. The section A comprises a steel or stay l which is closed in a cloth casing 2 which casing has an attaching portion 3 cxtending along the edge opposite from the clasps, so that the clasp-carrying section can be sewed on the body of the corsets. Extending from the steel or stay l `and arranged in spaced relation thereto are clasps C, which, as shown clearly in Figs. Q and 3, comprise a base il; to which is hingedly connected by a pintle 5 a bill member t3, the tip portion 7 of which 4is adapted, when in closed position, to engage a spring 8 which is fastened lo the base 1-, sach base il; being secured by rivets t) or equivalent means to the stay l. On the side of the base plate Ll opposite from the bill (3 is a lock plate l0 pivoted at ll and having an edge l2, and

adapted to engage a shoulder 13011 the eye .portion l-l of the bill or hooli member G,

so that the hook member will be locked in the position shown .in Fig. 2. vhen the looking plate l0 is thrown laterally, as shown at the bottom clasp, Fig. l, the bill member or hook (S is free to open, as shown in Fig. 3, so that it can be detached from the eyelet section l.

'lhe cyelet section l) comprises a steel or stay 'l5 which is provided with openings 1G adjacent one edge, so as lo form eyelets into which the hook or bill members (3 of the clasps are adapted to engage. lVhen the parts are hooked together as shown in F ig. 2, the two sections A and B lie in the same plane, with the edges of the two sections slightly spaced apart. This gap is closed by an under stay or steel 17 which is inclosed in a fabric casing ,1S that is wider than the slay so as to provide an attaching flange or edge 19, which is secured by stitching Q() to the attaching web or portion 21 of the casing 22, in which the eyelet stay lo is incased. This attaching member 2l is sewed or otherwise secured to the body of the corset. then the two sections A and B are clasped together, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the underlying stay 1S holds the two sections in the same plane and prevents the under garments from interfering with the engaging of the bill or hook members 6 with the eyelets. It will be noted that the under stay 17 has lopenings 23 which are so disposed with respect to the eyelets that the edges 24 of the eyelets extend across the openings 23, which'openings are as wide as the bill members 6 are long, so as not to interfere with the proper closing of the clasps.

From the foregoing description taken inV connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the method of operationand of the device shown will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and While I have described the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A corset fastener comprising an eyelet stay, a clasp-carrying stay and clasps on the latter stay, each clasp comprising a body member, a hook or bill member hingedly connected therewith to lie at one side of the body member and having a shoulder disposed at the opposite side of the body member, and a pivoted lock on the body member ber, a pivoted lock on the body member ar- Y ranged to engage the shoulder for holding.

the bill member in closed position, anda spring on the body member forming a keeper with which the tip portion of the bill member is adaptedto engage when in closed position for holding the clasp engaged with the eyelet stay. y

3. A corset clasp comprising a 'Hat body member, a hook or bill member hingedly connected therewith and normally lying at one side of the body member and having a shoulder disposed at the side of the body member opposite from the bill member, and

a pivoted lock on the side of the body meml ber opposite from the bill member and arranged to engage the shoulder for holding the bill member in closed position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELIZABETH cALinNs.

Witnesses:

R. R. CALKINS,

SARAH SLOAN.

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' Washington, D. C. 

